"Medicare" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)
| Descriptor ID |
D006278
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696
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| Concept/Terms |
Medicare- Medicare
- Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2013 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2015 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2016 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2018 | 16 | 15 | 31 |
| 2019 | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| 2020 | 8 | 24 | 32 |
| 2021 | 6 | 31 | 37 |
| 2022 | 6 | 31 | 37 |
| 2023 | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Corrected T1 (cT1) is the most appropriate diagnosis and monitoring tool for widespread adoption of resmetirom treatment in the United States. J Med Econ. 2025 Dec; 28(1):1370-1387.
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Association Between Gabapentinoid Use and Changes in Claims-Based Frailty Among Long-Term Opioid Users. Drugs Aging. 2025 Jul; 42(7):633-642.
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Effect of initial combination therapy vs. step-therapy on adherence and persistence in drug na?ve type 2 diabetes patients. J Diabetes Complications. 2025 Sep; 39(9):109080.
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Comparison of Medicare Reimbursement for Common Urologic and Gynecologic Procedures: An Economic Analysis of Inflation-Adjusted Physician Fees Across a Ten-Year Period. Urology. 2025 Sep; 203:86-90.
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Trends and disparities in antiretroviral therapy prescription rates among US Medicare beneficiaries with HIV. HIV Med. 2025 Mar; 26(3):415-426.
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Disease-free survival as surrogate for overall survival in real-world settings for esophageal cancer: an analysis of SEER-Medicare data. ESMO Open. 2024 Nov; 9(11):103934.
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Racial and sociodemographic disparities in the use of targeted therapies in advanced ovarian cancer patients with Medicare. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2024 11 04; 34(11):1661-1670.
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Hospital and Patient Factors Associated With Length of Hospitalization in Patients Who Have Osteoarthritis Undergoing Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Analysis of National Data. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Apr; 40(4):887-892.e2.
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Factors associated with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in older adults with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and pre-existing autoimmune disease: A SEER-Medicare study. J Geriatr Oncol. 2024 11; 15(8):102071.
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Risk of antimuscarinic initiation with cholinesterase inhibitor use in Alzheimer's disease. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2025 Jan; 128:105629.